Probability that a man will outlive a woman in Montserrat
Montserrat: Probability that a man will outlive a woman was 38.1% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Probability that a man will outlive a woman in Montserrat, 1950–2023
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024); Bergeron-Boucher et al. (2022) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Montserrat recorded 38.1% for probability that a man will outlive a woman in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.3% on the previous year and down 2.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, probability that a man will outlive a woman in Montserrat peaked at 46.6% in 1950 and was at its lowest, 37.8%, in 2020.
Montserrat ranks 153rd of 236 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 74 years of available data.
Probability that a man will outlive a woman in Montserrat, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 46.6% | — |
| 1951 | 46.5% | -0.2% |
| 1952 | 46.3% | -0.4% |
| 1953 | 46.1% | -0.4% |
| 1954 | 45.9% | -0.4% |
| 1955 | 45.7% | -0.5% |
| 1956 | 45.5% | -0.5% |
| 1957 | 45.2% | -0.6% |
| 1958 | 44.9% | -0.8% |
| 1959 | 44.6% | -0.6% |
| 1960 | 44.2% | -0.9% |
| 1961 | 44.2% | +0.0% |
| 1962 | 44.1% | -0.3% |
| 1963 | 44.0% | -0.0% |
| 1964 | 44.0% | -0.1% |
| 1965 | 44.0% | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 44.0% | -0.1% |
| 1967 | 43.8% | -0.3% |
| 1968 | 43.6% | -0.5% |
| 1969 | 43.3% | -0.7% |
| 1970 | 42.9% | -1.0% |
| 1971 | 42.6% | -0.7% |
| 1972 | 42.3% | -0.7% |
| 1973 | 42.1% | -0.4% |
| 1974 | 42.0% | -0.4% |
| 1975 | 41.8% | -0.5% |
| 1976 | 41.5% | -0.6% |
| 1977 | 41.3% | -0.4% |
| 1978 | 41.2% | -0.2% |
| 1979 | 41.1% | -0.2% |
| 1980 | 41.1% | -0.2% |
| 1981 | 41.1% | +0.1% |
| 1982 | 41.2% | +0.2% |
| 1983 | 41.2% | +0.2% |
| 1984 | 41.4% | +0.3% |
| 1985 | 41.5% | +0.3% |
| 1986 | 41.7% | +0.4% |
| 1987 | 41.8% | +0.2% |
| 1988 | 41.9% | +0.3% |
| 1989 | 44.4% | +6.0% |
| 1990 | 42.0% | -5.4% |
| 1991 | 42.0% | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 42.0% | -0.0% |
| 1993 | 41.8% | -0.6% |
| 1994 | 41.5% | -0.7% |
| 1995 | 41.1% | -0.8% |
| 1996 | 40.8% | -0.8% |
| 1997 | 46.1% | +13.0% |
| 1998 | 40.4% | -12.4% |
| 1999 | 40.0% | -0.9% |
| 2000 | 39.8% | -0.6% |
| 2001 | 39.8% | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 39.7% | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 39.7% | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 39.7% | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 39.6% | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 39.5% | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 39.4% | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 39.3% | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 39.1% | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 39.1% | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 39.0% | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 38.9% | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 38.9% | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 38.7% | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 38.7% | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 38.6% | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 38.5% | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 38.5% | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 38.4% | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 37.8% | -1.7% |
| 2021 | 38.2% | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 38.2% | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 38.1% | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 45.7% | 44.6% | 46.6% | 10 |
| 1960s | 43.9% | 43.3% | 44.2% | 10 |
| 1970s | 41.9% | 41.1% | 42.9% | 10 |
| 1980s | 41.7% | 41.1% | 44.4% | 10 |
| 1990s | 41.8% | 40.0% | 46.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 39.6% | 39.1% | 39.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 38.7% | 38.4% | 39.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 38.1% | 37.8% | 38.2% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Montserrat
More gender data for Montserrat
- Share of women who are married or in a union 3.2% (2011)
- Share of women aged 15–49 who are married or in a union 51.9% (2050)
- Sex ratio at birth 105 males per 100 females (2023)
- Sex ratio at age 5 74.07 males per 100 females (2023)
- Sex ratio at birth vs. at five years old 105 males per 100 females (2023)
- Probability of dying that year, among females 0.5% (2023)
- Sex ratio at age 60 121.88 males per 100 females (2023)
- Male population by age group 119 people (2023)
- Female population by age group 128 people (2023)
- Women of reproductive age 960 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is probability that a man will outlive a woman in Montserrat?
- Probability that a man will outlive a woman in Montserrat was 38.1% in 2023, according to Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024); Bergeron-Boucher et al. (2022) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest probability that a man will outlive a woman recorded in Montserrat?
- The highest recorded value was 46.6% in 1950.
- What is the lowest probability that a man will outlive a woman recorded in Montserrat?
- The lowest recorded value was 37.8% in 2020.
- How does Montserrat rank for probability that a man will outlive a woman?
- Montserrat ranks 153rd out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is probability that a man will outlive a woman rising or falling in Montserrat?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Montserrat data come from?
- The figures come from Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024); Bergeron-Boucher et al. (2022) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Probability that a man will outlive a woman. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Probability that a male will live longer than a female if both are randomly selected from the population at birth.